"Erdogan: The boy bread vendor who changed Turkey
By Ece Toksabay and Ibon Villelabeitia
Thu Jun 9, 2011 3:08pm IST
ISTANBUL Reuters) - When Tayyip Erdogan sold bread rolls as a boy on the old streets of Istanbul, Turkey was a country caught in a cycle of army coups. It languished on the fringes of Europe. Pious Turks were the underdogs of society."
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